- December 14, 2025
Flagler Palm Coast senior Sophia Stiwich has qualified for the state golf championships for the second time.
Stiwich qualified as an individual for the Class 3A state championships Nov. 11-12 at the Mission Resort & Club at Howey-in-the-Hills after placing third at the Region 1-3A tournament at Hawkstone Country Club in Gainesville with a 1-over-par 72.
On the first day of states on Tuesday, Nov. 11, she shot a 75 in cold and windy conditions and was five strokes behind the leader. She chipped in No. 9 for birdie and a 30-footer for eagle on 13, FPC coach Patrick Kleinfelder said.
The last time Stiwich was at the Mission Resort for states, she tied for sixth at the 2022 Class 2A championships as a freshman playing for Lemon Bay High School in Englewood. After the season, her family moved to Colorado, where the high school golf season is in the spring, and she placed second, losing in a playoff, at the Class 5A championships.
She then took two years off from golf but took the sport up again before this season after her parents moved to Palm Coast. Early in the season she set an FPC nine-hole record with a 30 at St. Augustine Shores Golf Club. Stiwich won the Volusia-Flagler tournament and the District 3-3A tournament.
